Police say 6 migrants found in train car died of heatstroke

Six people whose bodies were found in a boxcar in Texas died from heatstroke before law enforcement found them, Laredo’s mayor said.

All six people whose remains were discovered in a boxcar in South Texas died from heatstroke before they were found by law enforcement, Laredo Mayor Victor Treviño said at a news conference Thursday.

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The victims were previously identified as five males and one female, ranging in age from 14 to 56, according to the Webb County Medical Examiner’s Office. Authorities have not released their names.

Three of the people were from Mexico and three were from Honduras, police said.